a question!
what program(s) have you used to make the site? I mean graphically not the program-side
because it's hard for me to believe you have just used notepad or gedit to write all the html code!
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#23hmm... I too have been working on a similar concept this weekend: http://i.imgur.com/7IoVJ.png Couldn't think of a name as yet, so I called it weekend project :)
Design looks nice. Then I raised eyebrows when reading the description, it looks like its made to be read by a venture capitalist to determine if the project is worth investing in or not. Its not made for a participant... just something I noticed.
Care to share the code for it? Do you have it running somewhere?
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#24Interesting. I did something similar this past summer that I called the Wisbit App (wisbit for wisdom-tidbit). The idea behind the project was to collect the most important passages (or wisbits) from books and present them as summaries. Users wanting to save time on reading books simply browse the curated passages and rank them. It was my first ROR app, so it leaves much to be desired, and I've only added my own read…
How were you picking out the most important passages? If you don't already have an automated method, try taking a look at my own side project, http://bookshrink.com . (yes this is a shameless plug).
They are hand-picked. The project was to encourage people to adopt a new way of reading where you'd highlight useful passages while reading. In addition, to improving retention rates (as you are forced to re-read the highlighted passage), you submit them to the site for ranking, and get to revisit them at your leisure. This would essentially allow you to refresh your memory as to the contents of a certain book (instead of rereading it entirely). Moreover, you'd help others who don't have time to read the book (and only want to see its gist).
Your side project is pretty neat. I worked on something similar once that involved the Open Text Summarizer (OTS).
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#25I think it is an awesome idea. He's going to have to use public domain books only, unless he perhaps was able to setup some sort of premiere version where users paid a subscription fee to view copyrighted books - but then he'd have to work out some sort of deal with the publishers. I think it is a great concept worth pursuing further. I signed up for Sun Tzu's Art of War, looking forward to the first chapter!